Research Article

Paraoxonase Activity and Expression Is Modulated by Therapeutics in Experimental Rat Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 1

Results of serum versus liver in rat experimental fatty liver model. Fatty liver in Sprague-Dawley rats was induced by methionine-choline-deficient diet (MCDD) for 9 weeks. Rats were treated for other 6 weeks with rosiglitazone (R); metformin (M); rosiglitazone + metformin combination (R+M); ezetimibe (E); valsartan (V); rosiglitazone + metformin + valsartan in combination (R+M+V) or rosiglitazone + metformin + valsartan + ezetimibe (R+M+V+E). Malondialdehyde (MDA), Paraoxonase (PON).

Change by %Serum MDASerum PON activityLiver MDALiver PON activityLiver PON2 mRNALiver PON3 mRNA

MCDDVersus control+264 −43 +124 −44 +113 +33 = NS
Versus MCDD
RVersus control+203 +43 +42 = NS−68 −4 = NS−7 = NS
Versus MCDD−15 = NS+148 −37 −40 = NS−55 −30 = NS
MVersus control+126 +35 = NS−7 = NS−67 +1 = NS+18 = NS
Versus MCDD−37 +134 −58 −39 = NS−53 −11 = NS
R+MVersus control+120 +30 = NS+7 = NS−71 +120 +190
Versus MCDD−39 +126 −52 −47 +3 = NS+118
EVersus control+162 +15 = NS+32 = NS−31 +174 +281
Versus MCDD−27 +100 −41 +28 = NS+29 +188
VVersus control+148 +26 = NS+45 = NS−27 +212 +452
Versus MCDD−31 +119 −35 +35 = NS+47 +316
R+M+VVersus control+105 +10 = NS−4 = NS−40 +227 +560
Versus MCDD−43 +91 −57 +12.5 = NS+54 +397
R+M+V+EVersus control+109 +21 = NS−22 = NS−11 = NS+126 +221
Versus MCDD−42 +110 −65 +66 +6 = NS+142